It’s the First Day of Spring and today we are posting 7 steps to a happier and healthier you! The steps may be simple, but the journey isn’t always easy. Focus on one step at a time by challenging yourself each month with just one of these healthy habits. ...
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A recent article in the Washington Post examined 19 suicides from October, 2017 to November, 2018 which took place at Veterans Administration facilities and hospitals. This tragic news, coupled with data from the VA that reports a shocking 6,000+ veteran suicides per year, is both sobering as it relates...
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(photo credit: Getty Images) Source: Kimber Price for Stanford University Ketamine works as an antidepressant at least in part by activating the brain’s opioid system, new research reports. The finding overturns previously held beliefs that the drug’s antidepressant effects stemmed solely from its impact on the glutamate system. These beliefs led...
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Christmas is just around the corner and that means all kinds of ways to burden ourselves unnecessarily and chronic pain can make a Scrooge out of many of us even without all the holiday crazy. While this article probably should have been posted in October, here’s hoping you can...
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According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, chronic pain affects 100 million Americans, and is the leading cause of long-term disability in the US. Worldwide, more than 1.5 billion people suffer with chronic pain. When individuals experience pain whether from injury, surgery, infection or other reasons, the pain...
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Migraine sufferers may have a new pain treatment option in Ketamine – based on research completed at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Patients underwent ketamine infusion therapy to treat intractable migraine headaches. Sixty-one patients received the inpatient treatment and the study concluded that 75% of the patients experienced...
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